On the state of sublithospheric upper mantle beneath a supercontinent

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-189

  Korenaga, Jun ^a,c   Jordan, Thomas H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Hotspots; Mantle convection; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; RHEOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0036234443     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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